Victor Garcia

Lie in Wait

A lone wolf roamed a forest in the winter. He searched for food all around, finding nothing satisfactory for a long while. Eventually, he came across a sight that was expected yet still distressing: The frozen carcass of another wolf, lying next to a fallen trunk. For a brief moment, he wondered if it was the body of someone that he might have known before, or someone he could have met if fate had gone a different way. Who knows? Perhaps we could have been lifelong friends, he thought to himself. Then, with a calmness devoid of any hesitation, he began to eat the dead wolf.